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Egypt and Jordan Sunday agreed to double the capacity of their joint power interconnection to 1,000 megawatts, reports say. The Jordanian energy minister Saleh Kharabsheh reached the deal with Egypt’s minister of electricity Mohamed Shaker in the kingdom. The agreement Read more
Egypt will begin exporting from October this year up to 3,000 MW/h of electricity to Cyprus and Greece, the Arab republic’s electricity ministry said in a statement. The department headed by Mohamed Shaker, did provide details on revenues that the Read more
The Egyptian capital Cairo has been chosen to house the headquarters of the eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, Arab Finance reports citing statement from Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Israel according to the ministry Read more
Turkey Tuesday laid into the UAE for sowing chaos in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region mainly in Yemen and Libya amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports, in an Read more
World former boxing heavy weight champion Mike Tyson Thursday announced in Dubai he would open fitness branches around the word including in Dubai and Bahrain. The centers will bear his own name and will be structured under the premier, full-service, Read more
The Egyptian national carrier announced Wednesday acquisition of nine Boeing planes in an attempt to beef up its fleet at a time the airline is challenged by aviation incidents. The deal, worth $864 million, is mostly sponsored by the United Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid Sunday and Monday a two-day official visit to Qatar, his first to the Arab World since his election, for talks on bilateral relations, international issues of mutual concern and the latest developments on the regional Read more
Citizens of 13 European Union member countries will no longer need to get visas before entering the United Arab Emirates, one of the oil-rich gulf countries. These countries are Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Cyprus, Read more
Negotiations are marking an important step in Turkey-Israel relations as both states try to reach a compensation deal for victims of the 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The attack which sparked international outrage killed eight Turkish nationals Read more
The Turkish Army has released a statement claiming the violation of their airspace by an Israeli aircraft. The release said the incident took place over the Turkish Cyprus airspace. The Israeli fighter is said to have violated the Turkish airspace Read more